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F. L. GOODRIUH. VEHICLE WHEEL RIM.

No. 546,820. Patented Sept. 17, 1895.

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FRANK I11. GOOD'RICH, OF BELVIDERE, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

VEHlGLE WHEEL. RIM,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Iatent No.- 546,320, dated September 17, 1 895. Application filed December 18', 1894'. smart. 532,213. mamas.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.- fore, is to provide the perforations in the rim Be it known that I, FRANK L. G'OODRICH, a ,with a waterproof sheath or lining which will citizen of the United States, residing at Belprotect their edges and whose stability will videre, in the county of Boone and State of not be affected by tightening the spokes. 55 Illinois, have invented certain new and use- 1 With these ends in view my invention conful Improvements in Vehicle-\Vheel Rims or sists in certain features of novelty by which Follies, of which the following is a fulhclear, such ends and certain other ends hereinafter and exact specification. described are attained, all as more fully de- My invention relates more particularly to scribed hereinafter with reference to the IO wooden or non-metallic rims for velocipede or accompanying drawings, and particularly bicycle wheels; and the improvements have pointed out in the claims. reference to the means for protecting the In the said drawings, Figure 1 is a transedges of the perforations through which the verse sectional view of a velocipede or bicyspokes or the stems of their taps or nuts pass. ole rim provided with my improvements, and r 5 In forming the spoke perforations in wooden Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modificabicycle-rims the wood is often splintered or tion hereinafter described.

roughened around the edges of the perfora- Like signs of reference, indicate like parts tions and also on the outer face of the rim, in both views. thus affording opportunity for water or moist- A represents an ordinary rim whose convex 2o ure to find its way into the interstices of the side may be provided, as usual, with the counwood, and, also, by reason of the space betersinks a, into which are let the heads B of tween the spoke and the rim to leak through the screw-nuts or taps by which the spokes G and damage the tap and other interior surare tightened. These countersinks a are faces, to say nothing of the unfinished and provided around the perforations through 7 5 2 5 unsightly appearance of the perforations thus which the stems b of the nuts pass with splintered about their edges and the wide washers D, which may be of the nsualor any opening between the spoke and the rim. suitable construction, and upon which the In my pending application, Serial No. heads Btake their bearingandare prevented 520,018, filed August 11, 1894, I have shown from being pulled through the perforation or c and described a means for overcoming these sinking into the wood or other material of difiiculties, which consists of a sheath or linwhich the rim is composed. ing passing through the perforation and be- In the bottom of the countersinks a and ing reamed down at its ends on the face of over which the washer B projects is a second the rim and the inner washer, respectively. countersink a, of smaller diameter than the 35 This prior construction is adequate when the countersink a, thus forming a shoulder E rim is constructed of material which is not susaround the perforation in the rim a short disceptible to the changes of temperature or tance from the washer D. Driven into the moisture, or where the rim is used in a cliperforation in the rim is the metallic or other mate which does not cause it to shrink; but waterproof sheath F, whose inner end is 40 it is found that when the rim is constructed flaring or reamed down upon the shoulder E, of material which undergoes shrinkage after while its outer end is curled or reamed over the said sheath has been inserted the further the edge of the perforation and overlaps the tightening of the spokes from time to time rim, as shown at f, the edges of the portion f causes the inner end of the spoke or the tap being forced into the material of the rim so 9 5 45 which rests upon the inner end of the sheath as to preclude absolutely the admission of to force the sheath outward and cause its moisture between the rim and such portion. outer reamed end to separate from the surface By this means it will be seen that the sheath of the rim and afford opportunity for the adthrough which the stem 1) passes and in which mission and collection of moisture between such stem is snugly jammed is firmly secured [00 5c the sheath and the sides of the perforation. in the perforation and held against move- The object of my present invention, therement in either direction, while the head or tap B is provided with a firm bearingandis entirely independent of such sheath, so that even though the rim should shrink the stability of the sheath could by no possibility be affected by the tightening of the spokes, but such sheath will permanently remain in the position in which it is fixed with its flaring outer end f firmly in contact with and embedded in the surface of the rim.

The same construction may be employed to advantage with a spoke which passes entirely through the sheath F, and which is secured in place by an ordinary nut B, arranged on the inner side of the rim" and bearing upon the washer D, as shown in Fig. 2. The advantage, this form is that'tlie perforations through which the spokes pass need be of but comparatively small diameter and the degree of weakening of the rim resulting from such perforations thus materially diminished.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a perforated vehicle wheel rim, of a washer arranged around the inner end of said perforation, a sheath passing through said perforation and having its outer end reamed down upon the face of the rim and its inner end arranged at a distance from said washer and a stem or spoke passing: through said sheath and having a head resting upon said washer, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with a perforated vehicle wheel rim having a counter-sink therein provided with a second counter-sink of smaller diameter, of a washer arranged in said first counter-sink, a sheath passing through said perforation and having its inner end reamed down upon the shoulder of said second counter-sink and being at a distance from said washer, and its outer end turned down against the face of the rim, and a stem passing through said sheath and having a head resting upon said washer, substantially as set forth.

FRANK L. GOODRICH.

Witnesses:

GEO. NASH, F. A. HOPKINS. 

